If you have a child with a food allergy, you likely have felt very alone. Your child may feel alone too. This is where books like The Allergy Buddy Club can help. The book promotes food allergy awareness through story. In the book, children learn about the most common food ...

Everyone has heard of seeing eye dogs and other types of personal assistance dogs: have you heard of an allergen-finding dog? These new dogs to protect people with allergies are called Angel Service Dogs. These dogs are being trained to smell traces of nuts in foods or in an area, so ...

The tendency to allergies has a genetic component. As a result, pregnant women want to know what they can do to help their baby avoid allergies. Turns out that your diet may be more helpful than was previously thought. If you already have an allergic child, it may be helpful ...

Meat allergy has always been considered extremely rare. It turns out that meat could a much more common trigger for anaphylaxis than was previously thought. In fact, a study of 60 people with unexplained severe allergic symptoms shows that meat allergy may be behind these reactions. Meat contains a substance called ...

Leaky gut refers to a condition of the intestines, where there are "leaks" in the intestinal lining that allows substances from the intestines to get into the body. While this may sound like a good thing, it is not: it means we are absorbing things that a healthy gut would ...